Description
An authenticated user with access to a kvv2 path through a policy containing a glob may be able to delete secrets they were not authorized to read or write, resulting in denial-of-service. This vulnerability did not allow a malicious user to delete secrets across namespaces, nor read any secret data. Fxed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.
Published: 2026-04-17
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Patch Promptly
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m2w4-8ggf-rj47 HashiCorp Vault has a KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass that leads to Denial-of-Service
History

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault
Hashicorp vault Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault
Hashicorp vault Enterprise

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An authenticated user with access to a kvv2 path through a policy containing a glob may be able to delete secrets they were not authorized to read or write, resulting in denial-of-service. This vulnerability did not allow a malicious user to delete secrets across namespaces, nor read any secret data. Fxed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.
Title Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service
Weaknesses CWE-288
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Hashicorp Vault Vault Enterprise
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-17T17:57:55.431Z

Reserved: 2026-03-05T16:37:23.520Z

Link: CVE-2026-3605

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Updated: 2026-04-17T13:20:25.836Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-17T04:16:03.263

Modified: 2026-04-25T18:08:13.057

Link: CVE-2026-3605

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-17T02:44:42Z

Links: CVE-2026-3605 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-04-18T09:30:25Z

Weaknesses